Question

when we upload one product, there is a default attribute set “Default”, and in the general tab, there are many default attributes like below image:

well, i added one more custom attribute named “size”, when i drag ‘size’ to general tab on the left, that mean the product has one more attribute. if i want to show the size attribute in the product view page of front end page, i have to put the code: “$_product->getAttributeText(‘size’)”， if i added lots of custom attributes, i have to put lots of codes manually. so, my question is how i can show all custom attributes automatically instead of adding one by one manually ?

Answer 1

This is allready done by magento.
Mark your attributes as vissible in frontend and thats it.

Have a look at the template attributes.phtml in path app/design/frontend/yourtheme/default/template/catalog/product/view

<?php if($_additional = $this->getAdditionalData()): ?>
<!--h2><?php echo $this->__('Additional Information') ?></h2-->
<div class="data-table accordion" id="product-attribute-specs-table">
    <?php foreach ($_additional as $_data): ?>
    <?php $_attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute($_data['code']);
    if  (!is_null($_product->getData($_attribute->getAttributeCode()))  &&  ((string)$_attribute->getFrontend()->getValue($_product) != '')) {  ?>
    <div class="clearer <?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->__($_data['label'])) ?>">
        <div class="trigger"><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->__($_data['label'])) ?></div>
        <div class="triggerContent" style="display: none;"><span><?php echo $_helper->productAttribute($_product, $_data['value'], $_data['code']) ?></span></div>
    </div>
<?php } ?>

</div>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateTable('product-attribute-specs-table')</script>